Exploder.



No. 796,953. PATENTBD AUG. 8, 1905.

E. H. ATKINS.

EXPLODER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN, 28. 1905.

gwoe/Moz Wm 57/ 256% 1c 6' wbms .UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EXPLODER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1905.

Application filed January 28,1905. Serial Ni). 243,131

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, EDGAR H. ATKINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Exploders, of which the following is a specification. 1

This invention consists of a novel form of detonating devices of that type particularly designed for use by persons as a toy for exploding charges, such as caps or the like.

The object of the invention is to secure a repeating device of this class, and in the preferred construction of the invention a suitable magazine is provided to receive the supply of charges, and such charges are continuously fed from the magazine to the exploding means in the operation of the device.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereofand also to acquire aknowledge of the details of construction of the meansfor effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings.

While the invention may be adapted to different forms and conditions by changes in the structure and minor details without departing from the spirit or essential features thereof, still the preferred embodiment thereof is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is avertical sectional view. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation. Fig. 4 is adetail perspective view of the hammer.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

In carrying out the invention a suitable body 1 is provided, said body havinga head 2 at its lower end, a hammer 3, by which the explosion is made, being mounted in the head 2 aforesaid. The body 1, which is commonly called the cane, is of hollow formation and comprises a barrel or magazine adapted to receive quite a number of charges, which ordinarily are composed of explosive pellets, and these charges are fed from the hollow or tubular portion of the body 1 by the hammer 3. The hollow portionlor magazine-chamber is indicated at 4, and a lateral opening 5 leads into the upper end of the magazine, said opening being provided for. the purpose of introducing the supply of charges into the magazine.

The head 2 is tubular at its upper portion, as shown at 6, so as to receive the lower extremity of the body 1, and the lower portion of the head is formed with spaced members 7, between which the hammer operates. The hammer 3 is gravity-operating and is pivoted in the lower extremities of the members 7 of the head, as indicated at 8, and said hammer has a pivotal and oscillatory movement in exploding the charges fed thereto. The hammer 3 is formed with a weight-arm 9, projecting downwardly therefrom to one side of the point of pivotal support 8, and this arm 9 forms a foot which may be impinged against an object in order to impart movement to the hammer and effect exploding of the charges. A vertical feed-opening 10 for the magazine, in alinement with the tubular portion of the body 1, is formed in the head 2, and the charges are fed through this opening to the hammer 3, the latter being provided at its upper portion with acharge-seat 11 to receive the charge preparatory to actuation of the hammer in exploding the same.

The weight-arm 9 normally holds the hammer 3 in such a position that the seat 11 is just below the opening 10, through which the charges are fed, and the rear wall of the seat 11 extends upwardly, so as to readily engage a charge in the form of an explosive pellet, such as generally used in these devices, when the hammer 9 is given a pivotal movement in the actuation thereof. In exploding the charge the rear wall of the seat 11 comes into contact with a web 12, which extends downwardly in the space between the members 7 of the head at that side of the latter toward which the hammer is forced as the arm 9 strikes the ground or any other object. The upper portion of the hammer 3 is curved at thatpart extending rearwardly from the seat 11, as shown at 13, the curvature being necessary to admit of arcuate or oscillatory movement of the hammer.

The operation of the device is very simple and may be readily performed by a child. The charges are first fed into the magazine 4 through the opening5, the lowermost of said charges being received in the seat 11 of the hammer, those charges above the lowermost in the column being supported by the hammer. To explode the cane, the body 1, which forms a handle ordinarily, is raised and quickly lowered, so as to cause the arm or foot 9 to strike the ground or any other object which will effect pivotal movement of the hammer,

causing the rear wall of the seat 11 to be forced against the web 12. The explosive pellet which has been received in the seat 11 is exploded when the rear wall of the seat 11 strikes the web 12, and as soon as the explosion has taken place the cane is lifted and the weight 9 restores the hammer to its original position with the seat 11 beneath the magazine, a new charge dropping into said seat 11. The reverse movement of the hammer 9 is limited by means of a lug 14:, which projects laterally from the hammer and engages with one of the spaced members 7, approximately at a point adjacent the web 12. In order that the explosion may not be confined too greatly, lateral openings 15 are provided in the members 7, being located at that part of these members adjacent which the explosion takes place when the hammer strikes the web 12, or, in other words, adjacent the inner side of said web. Further, the sides of the hammer 3 have formed therein down wardly-extending recesses 16, leading from the seat 11, and these recesses also admit of the products of the explosion passing from the space between the hammer and the web 12. The openings 15 and the recesses 16 also permit of displacement of any remnants of the explosive charge in a manner readily apparent.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In an exploder of the class described, the combination of a body, a head carried by said body, a hammer pivoted to the head, and a weight-arm carried by said hammer.

2. In an exploder of the class described, the

combination of a body, a head at the lower end of the body, a hammer pivotally mounted in the head, and a weight-arm projected downwardly from the hammer and forming a foot for actuation of the head.

3. In an exploder of the class described, the combination of a body, a head attached to the lower end of the body and comprising spaced members, ahammer pivoted between the members of the head, and a web formed between the spaced members of the head to receive the impact of the hammer.

4. In an exploder of the class described, the combination of a body of hollow formation, the hollow portion of the body comprising a magazine, said body having a lateral opening leading into the hollow portion thereof, a head at the lower extremity of the body and comprising spaced members, a web between said spaced members, a hammer pivoted between the spaced members and provided with a charge-seat normally beneath the feeding end of the magazine, a weight-arm projected do wnwardly from the hammer and normally holding the charge-seat beneath the magazine and adapted to actuate the hammer to cause impact'thereof with the web of the head, and

means for limiting the movement of the hammer.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDGAR H. ATKINS.

Witnesses:

C. B. GARNETT, RoB'r. A. POLLARD. 

